Local sources revealed that U.S. forces have dismissed Lieutenant Colonel Salem Turki Al-Antari from his leadership position in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the Washington-backed faction operating at the Al-Tanf base near the Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi border triangle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sources explained that the dismissal decision was made yesterday without any official explanation. They noted that Al-Antari remains an officer in the Syrian Ministry of Defense despite being removed from the faction\u2019s command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the same sources, two names are currently being considered as his potential successors: Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Sayir Al-Sayer, one of the faction\u2019s founders and a native of the city of Palmyra (from the Al-Hadidin tribe), or Major Ahmed Al-Tamer, from the city of Mork in the Hama countryside, who previously served in the ranks of the \u201cMartyr Ahmed Al-Abdo Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, there has been no official comment from the Free Syrian Army or relevant U.S. media channels regarding the dismissal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Local sources revealed that U.S. forces have dismissed Lieutenant Colonel Salem Turki Al-Antari from his leadership position in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the Washington-backed faction operating at the Al-Tanf base near the Syrian-Jordanian-Iraqi border triangle. The sources explained that the dismissal decision was made yesterday without any official explanation. They noted that Al-Antari remains …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-s1"],"yoast_head":"\n